Effective Environmental Monitoring Program for Food Safety Verification
Establishing an Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP) is crucial for ensuring food safety in manufacturing settings. This program aims to act on results obtained from environmental conditions, not program shortcomings. The decision to implement an EMP should be based on a thorough hazard analysis and risk evaluation. While an EMP is not a control program in itself, it serves as a verification tool to enhance existing food safety measures. The primary goal of an EMP is to seek and destroy potential niches of pathogenic growth by implementing corrective action plans. Continuous monitoring and improvement of factory sanitary conditions are vital for maintaining food safety standards.
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Environmental Monitoring for Verification AFDO June 2014 Warren E. Stone, MBA Sr. Director of Science Policy Grocery Manufacturers Association www.gmaonline.org
Acting on Results In order to act upon EMP results the program needs to be an effective one. Results are truly a result of environmental conditions and not from program shortcomings. www.gmaonline.org
Should we have an environmental monitoring program (EMP)? The decision to incorporate an Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP) into a company's food safety plan is done following a product and process risk evaluation The EMP may not be needed in all manufacturing situations o Such a determination should be the outcome of a thorough, comprehensive and robust hazard analysis and risk evaluation www.gmaonline.org
However... An EMP is NOT a control program in itself Verification program to ensure all other food safety programs are effective o Sanitary facility design o Sanitary equipment design o Hygienic zoning o Traffic patterns o Separation of RTE and non-RTE areas o Good manufacturing practices o SSOPs o Employee hygiene training www.gmaonline.org
Seek and Destroy An effective EMP program is a seek and destroy mission Objective is to find potential niches of pathogenic growth and implement corrective action plans and mitigation steps to eliminate them The objective is not to generate clean, consistently negative results o If all current sampling sites yield negative results, go look somewhere else Positive results are viewed as an opportunity to correct and improve factory sanitary conditions www.gmaonline.org
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